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Posted May 22, 2012
So I bought the Witcher 2 today partially based on the free $6 dollar thing mentioned above the "add to cart" button. Apparently due to a discrepancy between the US dollar and Euro the European version costs $6 dollars more and so European customers were to get a free $6 coupon. I've checked everywhere and I didn't get any notification about it. It might have to do with the fact that I live in Iceland which is not in the European Union (and consequently doesn't use Euros) but it is disappointing to have something advertised to you and it not being true. If this deal has passed (in which case the page needs to be updated) then I apologize. It isn't a huge deal, just found it a bit distressing.
Posted May 22, 2012
The free $6 game was intended as part of the "fair pricing" deal on GoG's part. Since they were forced by the publishing and distributing contracts to give the eurozone the same price as the rest of the world, but in euros not USD, they circumvented this by ofering a "free" $6 games to anyone who would pay in euros, since that kind of bundling was probably not covered by te contract. Also, the currency you were charged with depends on your location, but GoG does not in any way check whether the location you've provided is the one you are at (this was in response to the AU-censorship controversy and the promise of GoG to provide the same game version to everyone).

So the only way you could get the "free" game was to participate in "fair pricing" by paying in euros in which case you'd pay about $6 more. So you didn't miss out on anything. I'm sorry to hear the information given was misleading, but I'm sure the exact details were stated on the page, since GoG wanted to make sure to make EU customers not to feel they are being ripped off.
Posted May 22, 2012
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VoodooEconomist: The free $6 game was intended as part of the "fair pricing" deal on GoG's part. Since they were forced by the publishing and distributing contracts to give the eurozone the same price as the rest of the world, but in euros not USD, they circumvented this by ofering a "free" $6 games to anyone who would pay in euros, since that kind of bundling was probably not covered by te contract. Also, the currency you were charged with depends on your location, but GoG does not in any way check whether the location you've provided is the one you are at (this was in response to the AU-censorship controversy and the promise of GoG to provide the same game version to everyone).

So the only way you could get the "free" game was to participate in "fair pricing" by paying in euros in which case you'd pay about $6 more. So you didn't miss out on anything. I'm sorry to hear the information given was misleading, but I'm sure the exact details were stated on the page, since GoG wanted to make sure to make EU customers not to feel they are being ripped off.
Thanks for the info, just wanted to make sure there was nothing mysterious going on.
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